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Youth (6 - 25)

Save the Life of Your Child Today!

Young people want to grow and learn and play without care or limitation, and you want to do everything you can to nurture and protect them based on what you know. The facts speak for themselves. More than 5,000 active and apparently healthy young Americans die every year from Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA). Young athletes (ages 6-18) and college athletes (ages 19-25) suffer Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) at a rate thought to be two to three times greater than their less-active peers.

The CAS Foundation encourages parents and caregivers to have their children screened with an electrocardiogram (ECGAn electrocardiogram (ECG) is a test that records the electrical activity of the heart. ECG is used to measure the rate and regularity of heartbeats as well as the size and position of the heart chambers, the presence of any damage to the heart, and the effects of drugs or devices used to regulate the heart (such as a pacemaker).) at age 6 as a baseline, and then every two years after the onset of puberty.